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About Zane Woodford

Zane Woodford covers municipal politics for the Halifax Examiner. Email: [email protected]; Twitter

Former city lawyer wins fight with Halifax Water over pipe under her property

February 26, 2021 By Zane Woodford

A lawyer who used to work for the municipality has won a personal legal battle with Halifax Water over a pipe running under her property in Dartmouth. In a decision released Friday, a three-judge panel of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Kirby Eileen Grant, ordering Halifax Water to pay her...

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Councillors approve staff plan to reduce — but not eliminate — use of pedestrian push buttons

February 25, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Pedestrians will have to push a button to cross at fewer intersections in the municipality later this year following a vote on Thursday by council’s Transportation Standing Committee. There are 278 signalized intersections (those with traffic lights) across Halifax Regional Municipality, Taso Koutroulakis, the city’s manager of traffic management and traffic authority, told the committee...

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Not in their backyard: Halifax councillors throw out neighbours’ appeal of five-storey development

February 24, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Dismissing neighbours’ concerns about “transient” apartment dwellers “gawking off of large, oversized balconies” into their yards, Halifax councillors threw out an appeal of a development proposal for Bayers Road. Halifax’s Regional Centre Community Council — the councillors in the urban areas of HRM — met Wednesday night to consider an appeal of a development approval...

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Halifax councillors vote for $175-million capital budget, may add another million for traffic calming

February 24, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Councillors tentatively approved $175.2 million in capital spending for 2021-2022 on Wednesday, and voted to consider an extra $1 million for traffic calming at the end of their budget process. Halifax regional council’s budget committee held its weekly virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposed budget for roads, buildings, projects, vehicles and equipment in...

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Council approves rezoning for 17-storey apartment buildings in Clayton Park

February 24, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Twin 17-storey apartment buildings represent “smart growth” for the corner of Dunbrack and Willett streets, the councillor for the area argued Tuesday night. Halifax regional council held a public hearing to consider rezoning for 210 and 214 Willett St. Toronto developer and real estate investment firm Hazelview Investments (formerly known as Timbercreek Asset Management) owns...

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Halifax to contract for accessible taxi services

February 23, 2021 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Hoping to fill a void in the city’s transportation options for people with disabilities, Halifax will contract out accessible taxi services. At its meeting on Tuesday, regional council approved a proposal from Halifax Transit for an “On Demand Private Accessible Transportation Service Contract.” Currently, people using a wheelchair or other mobility device can take conventional […]

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Council to contemplate future housing development surrounding Dartmouth mall

February 20, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Housing could be coming to the parking lot of the mall in Dartmouth, with council being asked to start a public consultation process for redevelopment. In a staff report to council’s meeting next Tuesday, municipal planner Kathleen Fralic writes that Dartmouth firm Zzap Consulting Inc. has submitted a request “to initiate the master neighbourhood planning...

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Councillors vote for bigger Halifax Public Libraries budget

February 19, 2021 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

Councillors have voted in favour of a 7.6% increase to the Halifax Public Libraries budget, and they’ll consider adding another $150,000 for e-books and food programs at the end of their budget process. Halifax Public Libraries’ chief librarian and CEO Åsa Kachan presented her proposed spending for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to council’s budget committee […]

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IT executives out of work after auditor general’s report into Halifax police IT security

February 18, 2021 By Zane Woodford

Three people appear to have lost their jobs in the wake of an auditor general’s report in information technology security at Halifax Regional Police. As the Halifax Examiner reported last week, the report found that HRP has not only been slow to fix known gaps in its IT security, it also lied to the Board...

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Unionized construction organization presents in favour of Halifax’s living wage policy

February 18, 2021 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Following an anti-living wage presentation last month, a council committee heard the alternative view on Thursday. Halifax regional council’s Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee heard a presentation from Build Right Nova Scotia — a coalition of unionized worker and contractor organizations — on the municipality’s new living wage policy during its virtual meeting. […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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